Patents by Inventor Nina Weiyu Kang

Nina Weiyu Kang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Interpreting local search queries
    Patent number: 8156099
    Abstract: A search query may be interpreted as a number of possible interpretations, and each interpretation may be explored before the results of the search are sent to a user. In one embodiment, a device may split the search query into partitions. Each of the partitions may be submitted, as a search query, to search repositories. Confidence scores based on the results returned from the repositories may be used to determine a measure of confidence of the repository in the search query interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Norris, Gregory John Donaker, Nina Weiyu Kang
  • INTERPRETING LOCAL SEARCH QUERIES
    Publication number: 20110145247
    Abstract: A search query may be interpreted as a number of possible interpretations, and each interpretation may be explored before the results of the search are sent to a user. In one embodiment, a device may split the search query into partitions. Each of the partitions may be submitted, as a search query, to search repositories. Confidence scores based on the results returned from the repositories may be used to determine a measure of confidence of the repository in the search query interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: James NORRIS, Gregory John DONAKER, Nina Weiyu KANG
  • Interpreting local search queries
    Patent number: 7917490
    Abstract: A search query may be interpreted as a number of possible interpretations, and each interpretation may be explored before the results of the search are sent to a user. In one embodiment, a device may split the search query into partitions. Each of the partitions may be submitted, as a search query, to search repositories. Confidence scores based on the results returned from the repositories may be used to determine a measure of confidence of the repository in the search query interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Norris, Gregory John Donaker, Nina Weiyu Kang
  • INTERPRETING LOCAL SEARCH QUERIES
    Publication number: 20090019028
    Abstract: A search query may be interpreted as a number of possible interpretations, and each interpretation may be explored before the results of the search are sent to a user. In one embodiment, a device may split the search query into partitions. Each of the partitions may be submitted, as a search query, to search repositories. Confidence scores based on the results returned from the repositories may be used to determine a measure of confidence of the repository in the search query interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: James Norris, Gregory John Donaker, Nina Weiyu Kang